HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) \u2014The dominance of Marshall Softball at Dot Hicks Field this season continued on Tuesday afternoon, shutting out the Pitt Panthers of the ACC 8-0 in six innings.<\/p>\n
The Thundering Herd entered the contest receiving votes in the ESPN.com\/USA Softball Top 25 poll. Marshall was also ranked 25th in the NCAA RPI Rankings.<\/p>\n
Maddie Veal pitched her third complete game shutout of the season, limiting the Panthers to a single infield hit in the contest.<\/p>\n
Marshall now has 85 wins in three seasons under Morgan Zerkle.<\/p>\n
The bats were electric for the Thundering Herd, as it poured out 11 hits. Marshall got the scoring started in the second inning as Haleigh Adkins sent a double to right field to score Paige Simpson. The Herd tacked on another run in the third to take a 2-0 lead after the first three innings. Adkins is a perfect 6-for-6 in the Herd\u2019s two midweek games at home this season.<\/p>\n
What was working so well for the Herd at the beginning was not earning hits but instead working long at-bats against Pitt starter Kyra Pittman. The Herd forced Pittman to throw over 80 pitches in the first three frames.<\/p>\n
The offense erupted in the fourth, with the Herd scoring four runs off of four hits. Chandler Hoskins smashed a 2-RBI double into left center, and Ava Blake launched her 12th home run of the season to left field.<\/p>\n
Since moving to the leadoff spot in game two against the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Saturday, Hoskins is batting .417 with six RBI.<\/p>\n
The Thundering Herd scored two runs in the sixth to pick up the run-rule victory with Sydni Burko homering into left field and Bella Gerlach closing the contest with an RBI double to left center.<\/p>\n
Marshall has won six straight, is 12-0 at Dot Hicks Field, and is 24-3 in its last 27 games.<\/p>\n
With the victory, Marshall improved to 29-10, while Pitt fell to 20-18 with the loss.<\/p>\n
Marshall travels to Conway, S.C. for a three-game weekend series against Coastal Carolina. Pitt returns home for a three-game series against Clemson.<\/p>\n
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